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all the appearance of an arborescent species; but as the frost always destroys it, and it flowers and fruits the 
first year of being raised from seeds, it is for our gardens a mere annual.” It is thus considered and treated both by 
gardeners and seedsmen, and accordingly we have included it in our list. The species was first raised in England 
in the garden of the late Charles Barclay, Esq. Bury Hill, near Dorking, “ from seeds obtained from Santa Fe 
de Bogota.” L. rn. Cruckshanksii was found by Alexander Cruckshanks, Esq., “ growing upon the Andes of 
Peru, in great plenty, not far from Pasco, and near the verge of perpetual snow.” (Bat. Mag. vol. 58.) This 
magnificent Lupine was introduced in 1829. The seeds of both kinds may be sown in the open ground in April; 
but they will be much finer if raised three together in a pot plunged in a hotbed in March, and then planted out 
the first week in May, carefully turning the ball of earth out of the pot without breaking it, and planting it in a 
hole, previously dug for its reception. 
6.—LUPINUS LEPTOPHYLLUS, Benth. THE SLENDER-LEAVED LUPINE. 
Engravings.' —Bot. Reg. t. 1670; and our fig. 4, in Plate 22. ( near together or apart; bracteas below the flower-stalk tufted and 
Specific Character. —Annual. Stem erect, almost simple, spread- somewhat rough ; pedicels hracteolated; upper lip of the calyx bipar¬ 
ing, hairy ; leaflets linear, narrow, hairy or silky on both sides. Flowers | tite ; lower lip longer, and tridentate.—( Bentli.) 
Description, &c. —This elegant lupine is remarkable for the singular colour of its flowers, and its very 
slender leaves. It grows about a foot high, and the whole plant is covered with soft hairs. The flowers, which, 
disposed in a very irregular manner on the spike, are of a bluish lilac, with a deep rich crimson spot in the 
middle of the standard, and the long linear bracts of the unexpanded blossoms form a kind of crown on the 
summit of the whole. The seeds “ are unusually small for a lupine, and of a pale brown, mottled with a darker 
shade.” Seeds may be procured in the seed-shops, though they are not produced in much abundance, and they 
should be sown in a shady place, as this lupine does not flower well if exposed to too much light. It is a native 
of California, and was introduced in 1834. 
7.—LUPINUS NANUS, Benth. THE DWARF LUPINE. 
calyx silky-woolly, villose, appendages obsolete; upper lip bipartite, 
lower one longer, and obscurely tridentate.— (Lind.) 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. t. 1705, and our fig. 3, Plate 22. 
Specific Character. —A low annual hairy plant, with a decumbent 
stem, slightly branched, leaves 5—7, spathulate; flowers verticillate, 
Description, &c. —A very pretty dwarf plant, with blue or purple flowers intermingled with a tint of rose- 
colour and white. It may be sown at any season in masses, and it will come into blossom in two or three weeks 
after sowing. It is particularly suitable for sowing to form masses in a geometrical flower-garden, from its low 
and compact habit of growth, and from the great abundance and long duration of its blossoms. It is a native of 
California, and was sent home by Douglas in 1834. It is rather capricious in producing seed, some nurserymen 
finding it frequently to fail. There is, however, abundance of seed at Forrest’s nursery, Kensington; and we 
have never seen the plant grown in greater perfection than in Mr. Forrest’s beds and borders. 
8.—LUPINUS ELEGANS, Humb. et Kunth. THE ELEGANT LUPINE. 
entire; leaflets lanceolate, acute, covered below with adpressed hairs, 
stipules bristly.— (Dec.) 
Engraving. —Bot. Reg. t. 1381. 
Specific Character. —Erect; softly pilose ; racemes with elongated 
peduncles, flowers subverticillate ; calyx silky-pilose, lower lip acute, 
Description, &c. —This species is remarkable for its drooping leaves, or rather leaflets, which appear to have 
obtained for it the name of elegant, as it seems to have no other claim to the title. These leaves, however, do 
